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Dr. Edward McGookin, Chief of Primary Care at Brown University Health, joined Community Focus on 12 News at 4 Wednesday to discuss the state of primary care in Rhode Island.

(WJAR) — The life of a young woman killed in a drive by shooting nearly five years ago will be honored by Providence City Council on Thursday. The resolution passed unanimously, and Thursday would have been her 29th birthday. Nearly five years after her murder, the city council voted...

The endorsement lists are growing for both Gov. Dan McKee and his Democratic gubernatorial challenger Helena Buonanno Foulkes with less than one month until early voting begins.  McKee won backing of the 10,000-member Rhode Island Council 94 of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)

The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority is asking for residents input on a Metro Connector Study. RIPTA said the study will explore ways to provide more reliable and faster transit service. “Rhode Islanders want to move quickly to and from work and school. R-Line rapid service has consistently moved more...

A Central Falls police officer at the center of a misconduct investigation has reached a settlement with the city.

52 year old Robert Greer was last seen in Providence, Rhode Island on October 1, 2024. He hasn’t been heard from since. In October 2024, Robert Greer was last seen in the area between the Providence Public Library and the Crossroads facility on Broad Street in Providence, Rhode Island.

Victoria Cushman was just 29 years old when she was found murdered inside her Warwick, Rhode Island apartment, just steps from the sporting goods store where she worked. For years, her family waited for answers and eventually, the case seemed to have them: a suspect known to the case from day one, who investigators sai

TAUNTON -- 76 years is a good run. Longtime family-run business Taunton Venetian Blind Inc. will soon be closing its Main Street store. The announcement, coming from the city's Office of Economic and Community Development, said the brick-and-mortar business space will be closing at the end of July, with the lease for t

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rhode Island State Police arrested four people in separate incidents involving outstanding bench warrants, child abuse allegations and felony firearm-related charges. The arrests occurred in Warwick, North Kingstown, Central Falls and Providence investigations, according to Rhode Island State Police.

If you are in need of a grocery store job, hiring fairs in the region are being put on by the Wakefern Food Corporation this Saturday, July 25. Wakefern, founded in 1946, has grown into the largest retailer-owned cooperative in the United States. It is made up of members who have independently owned and operated hundre